All the headlines from our Agencies Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 17 2009 // When asked to pen a piece to end this issue, I asked myself, “what is the best way to end an issue focused on recreation and leisure?” I truly have no idea; agents have no time for such frivolity. Our time is...
Aug 17 2009 // There are far easier ways to spend one’s leisure hours than slogging through tough early-morning runs, pedaling through sunburns and saddle sores and accidentally swallowing gulps of salt-, lake- or chlorinated...
Aug 17 2009 // Thanks to automation advances, insurance agency tasks that took hours can be done in a matter of minutes. Multiple data entry and one-by-one Web site visits have been replaced by management system-based processing, with no...
Aug 17 2009 // Insurance Journal magazine has won gold and silver editorial awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ western regional awards competition, recognizing the magazine for its editorial...
Aug 17 2009 // It’s summer, do you know where your homeowners insurance customers are? Perhaps they’re out on a lake somewhere, playing on rented jet skis or blowing with a gentle wind in a borrowed sailboat. Do they know...
Aug 14 2009 // Progressive Insurance wants to ramp up its agency business and plans to turn to a source of strength for its direct sales channel – the Internet – to help make that happen.As Glenn M. Renwick, president and...
Aug 14 2009 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing bankrupt Brooke Corp. and its financing arm of racketeering and fraud, saying the claims are not specific enough.Scores of insurance agents sued Overland Park, Kan.-based...
Aug 13 2009 // Florida’s efforts to encourage homeowners to harden their homes to better withstand big storms by giving them insurance premium discounts is not getting the job done, according to a report from insurance agents in...
Aug 13 2009 // Insurance brokerage mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2009 was nearly half of what is was during the second quarter of 2008. Just 39 transactions were announced from April through June compared to last year...
Aug 13 2009 // New York-based Demetriou General Agency Inc. has acquired H. Al Roth Agency in Manhattan for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition comes as Demetriou announced expansion plans for its Madison Avenue headquarters to...
Aug 13 2009 // Members of the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia (PIA of Georgia) elected E. Scott Hansard to serve as president. Hansard is the owner of Hansard Insurance Agency, located in Cumming, Georgia. Others elected as...
Aug 13 2009 // Progressive Insurance has named Karen Barone as National Distribution Leader for its Agency Business.Barone’s new responsibilities include maintaining and advancing Progressive’s leadership role in agent...
Aug 12 2009 // Oak Street Funding said it has secured more than $50 million in new capital from two major banks in an effort to expand opportunities for agents and brokers to borrow money to achieve their strategic goals.The new capital...
Aug 12 2009 // Some automobile shoppers may be abandoning car makers but insurance carriers and brokers remain dedicated partners, experts say.Yet no one can deny that tough times have fallen on many of the nation’s car dealers who...
Aug 11 2009 // Main Street businesses may still be trying to recuperate from the recession, but independent insurance agencies report that it has not been as disruptive as initially predicted, an exclusive survey reveals.The survey...
Aug 10 2009 // For the fourth year in a row insurance spokesmen will team with meteorologists from the National Weather Service and independent insurance agents to warn Texas coastal residents of the potential dangers of hurricanes. This...
Aug 10 2009 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during June included 18 license revocations, five license denials and fines and restitution totaling $441,318, the Texas Department of...
Aug 7 2009 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers announced that it raised over $47,000 for the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. This is the second year Heffernan’s “Ta-Ta Sisterhood” team participated in...
Aug 7 2009 // A group of Venezuelan clients of Stanford Financial Group have sued the insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd, accusing it of contributing to a $7 billion Ponzi scheme at the Texas-based investment company founded by...
Aug 6 2009 // Insurance Journal magazine has won gold and silver editorial awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ western regional awards competition, recognizing the magazine for its editorial...